Clothes car



April 1, 1930. M. v. NEWHOUSER 1,752,687

CLOTHES CAR Filed Feb. 26, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 n venior ,7/ 42 ,4 My VNew/azoser I By A itomey April 1, 1930. M. v. NEWHOUSER CLOTHES CAR Filed Feb. 26, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m. m M t w :0 N 4 6 I J a V h r Aw m/ I a M m a I .0 Z 7 4 3 III u. 7 fiF/QQ 3 7 a 7 u. \9 I1|&| 4) 3 m 3 Z w l 0 4 7 {1| MM M Ill a z w A itomey Patented Apr. 1, 1930 T OFFICE MARY v. nrrwnousnn, or ANAVDARKO, OKLAHOMA CLOTHES OAR Application filed February 26, 1929. Serial No. 342,868.

This invention relates to vehicles and more particularly to a clothes car for home laundry use. 7 I

One of the objects of the invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a convenient conveyor for washed clothes in the wet state from the house to where the. same are to be hung out for drying, and to further provide means for conveying all of the accessories necessary in the activities on one simple and compactly arranged vehicle.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character referred to, which is light in' construction, novel in its .method of assembly, strong, compact and durable, which is highly eflicient for its intended purposeandthoroughly reliable in its use, easily operated bythe housewife and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and assemble. 7

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel con carrying a clothes basket or other receptacle,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the device in accordance with. this invention,

Figure 3 is a central, detailed, longitudinal, vertical section of the device taken on line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a vertical, transverse section taken substantially on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the laundry cart in accordance with this invention comprises an open substantially rectan gular body portion indicated generally at 5 having a rectangular open top casing or clothes receptacle 6 detachably confined within the body portion 5. The body portion forward end and 5 is formed of unitary side frames 7 8 secured together in spaced relation by trans versely extending end rails 9, 10 at the upper the upper rear end of the frames.

The side frames 7 8 are braced by di-, agonally extending cross trusses 11, 12 se cured to the alternate interior corners of each frame to provide reinforcements for the said side frames.

The bottom 13 of each side frame is up-set with respect to the lower end of the end rails 14, 15 forming integral angularly disposed axle supporting brackets 16, 17 where the bottom and respective sides merge with each r other. The pairs of angularly disposed axle 0 brackets on the side frames have transverse axles 18, 19 coupled thereto on the opposite free ends of which are rotatably mounted pairs of wheels 20, 21. The axles are stationary with respect to the body portion.

A .substantially elongated flattened strap is secured to the ends 14, 15 of the side frames 7 8 adjacent the bottom thereof and said strap 22 is formed in an integral forwardly directed loop 23 intermediate the two forward ends 14 of each side frame.

It will be clearly understood by reference to the drawings that the strap 22 is coextensive with the two side frames and the forward end of the body portion and is formed Q of a single piece of metal.

The forwardly directed loop 23 forms a bottom support for the bottom of the open top semi-cylindrical clothes pin container'24, a the upper end of which is supported inthe loop 25'and' the'ends of'the 1001325 are secured to the forward transverse end rail 9. The loop 23v extends forwardlyin the same plane as the strap 22 and the loop 25 extends forwardly in the same plane as the end rail 9.

A plurality of transversely extending substantially U-shaped cross bars indicated genorally at 26 have their opposite legs 27 28 secured to the strap 22 by means of the hold 9; fast devices 29 and the bight portions 29 of thecross bars are disposed between the opposite side frames 7 8. The plurality of cross bars 26 are longitudinally spaced from each other and have the bight portions 29 disposed 10o upon the bight portions of the longitudinally extending bars 30 and the sides 3-1:, thereof are slidably disposed between the spaced unitary side frames 7, 8.

Longitudinally extending transversely spaced slats 36, 3? are fixed to the top of the body portion 5 by'having the opposite ends 38, 39 of eachsiat secured to the forward and rear end rails 9, 10, respectively. Intermediate the ends 88, 39 each slat is supported in abutting relation to a strut l0 which is secured at its opposite ends to the upper rail of the side frames 7, 8 as at 4.1, 42.

Strutprovidesal bracing means between the ends of the slats 36, 37 so as to support a dry clothes can receptacle 43 on the top of the body portion 5 without warping or otherwiseinjuring the body portion.

Hingedly mounted upon the opposite bottoms 13 of the side frames 7, 8 are a pair of angular shaped clamps 44- having the free legs in abutment with the lower end of the rear wall l6 of the clothes receptacle 6 for the purpose of detachably confining the said receptacle within the substantially open body portion 5.

A handle 46 is securedto the upper end of the rear wall 46 for the purpose of facilitating the withdrawal of the receptacle, while a pair of handles 47, .48 are secured to the rear end rail 15 of each side frame to push the laundry car about the yard.

Owin to the reinforcin and unitar structure of the various parts of the clothes car, the parts thereof may be formed of very light steel or in case of the desirability ofa very light body portion aluminum parts may be used.

Inasmuch as the clothes car is to be used H by a housewife of limited strength, it is desirable and even imperative that the vehicle be constructed as light as possible. The clothes pin receptacle 24 and the clothes receptacle 6 may be formed of aluminum or very light galvanized iron so as to promote lightness in structure.

A novel assembly of parts is embodied in the foregoing structure and an explanation thereof will make it clear to those skilled in the art.

In the assembly of the clothes car in accordance with this invention, the side frames 7 8 with the diagonal braces 11, 12 may be formed as an integral unit and purchased in large quantities from the metal market and it is furthermore pointed out that the strap Z 22 with the cross bars 26 may be fabricated as a unit.

Since the cradle formedby the strap and cross pieces 26 overlaps the bottom 13, said cradle may be placedronithe floor, and the side frame inserted therein and secured thereto eitherby welding or riveting. The longitudinal bars 30 may then be assembled in the proper relation and the respective axles 18, 19 inserted and slid therethrough,

All that is left to be done in the assembly is the insertion and fixing of the end rails 9, 1 0 with the strut 40andthe slats 36 and,

37 secured thereto. It is pointed out thatthe endrails 9 10 with the slats secured thereto,

together with the strut 40may be assembled and inserted as a unitary structure which 1 may be fabricated and purchased in large quantities.

It is believed that the foregoing description of the assembly of parts will be clearly un-. derstood byjthose skilled in the artandthe same. promotes a novel method of assembly which is one of the objects of this invention.

What I claim as new is: 1

1. In a clothes car of ,the character de-' scribed comprising' a receptacle confining body portion of substantially rectangular configuration, a receptacle detachably confined within said body portion, said body,

portion; formed of a pair of unitary ,side

frames of substantially" rectangular contour securedtogether at their opposite upper ends by a pair of transversely ,eXtenj'ding end rails, and said side frames secured together adjacent the bottoms thereof b a strapco-extensive with said frames an the forward end of said ibodyportion, a plurality of spaced,

transversely extending, substantially U- shaped cross bars secured'to the sidesof the strap "to form-a cradlefor reinforcing the bottom of said body portion, the bottomsof said pair of side frames being upset withrespect to the -lower-extremities of the ends thereof to "form angularlydisposed axle supl' porting; brackets integral with"saidside frames at the opposite ends thereof, and. a

pair of axles extendingtransversely of and;

rigidly securedto adjacent axle brackets at the-oppositeendsof said-frames, a pairof w wheels journaled on the free ends of each axle laterally' of said-side frames,- a plurality of longitudinally extending,substantially yoke; shaped spaced bars having the opposite legsthereof rigidly supported on said axlesand the bight; portions thereof supported ,on the a cross bars of said cradle, and a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced slats secured to and extendingwbetween said end rails ,to i

provide asupport for a second receptacle.

2. In a clothes car of the character described comprising a receptacle confining body portion of substantially rectangular configuration, a receptacle detachably confined within said body portion, said body portion formed of a pair of unitary side frames of substantially rectangular contour secured together at their opposite upper ends by a pair of transversely extending end rails, and said side frames secured together adjacent the bottoms thereof by a strap coextensive with said frames and the forward end of said body portion, a plurality of spaced, transversely extending, substantially U-shaped cross bars secured to the sides of the strap to form a cradle for reinforcing the bottom of said body portion, the bottoms of said pair of side frames being upset with respect to the lower extremities of the ends thereofto form angularly disposed axle supporting brackets integral with said side frames at the opposite ends thereof, and a pair of axles extending transversely of and rigidly secured to adjacent axle brackets at the opposite ends of said frames, a pair of wheels journaled on the free ends of each axle laterally of said side frames, a plurality of longitudinally extending, substantially yoke-shaped spaced bars having the opposite legs thereof rigidly supported on said axles and the bight portions thereof supported on the cross bars of said cradle, and a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced slats se- 7 cured to and extending between said end rails to provide a support for a second receptacle, said strap formed with an integral forwardly directed loop in the same plane as the strap on the forward end of said body portion, a forwardly directed loop secured to the forward end rail and a clothes pin receptacle supported within said loop. 7

8. In a clothes car of the character described comprising a receptacle confining body portion of substantially rectangular configuration, a receptacle detachably confined within said body portion, said body portion formed of a pair of unitary side frames of substantially rectangular contour secured together at their opposite upper ends by a pair of transversely extending end rails, and said side frames secured together adjacent the bottoms thereof by a strap co-extensive with said frames and the forward end of said body portion, a plurality of spaced, transversely extending, substantially U- shaped cross bars secured to the sides of the strap to form a cradle for reinforcing the bottom of said body portion, the bottoms of said pair of side frames being upset with respect to the lower extremities of the ends thereof to form angularly disposed axle supporting brackets integral with said side frames at the opposite ends thereof, and a pair of axles extending transversely of and rigidly secured to adjacent axle brackets at the opposite ends of said frames, a pair of wheels'journaled on the free ends of each axle laterally of said side frames, a plurality of longitudinally extending,,substantially yoke-shaped spaced bars having the opposite legs thereof rigidly supported on said axles and the bight portions thereof supported 0n the cross bars ofsaid cradle, and a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced slats secured toand extending between said end rails to provide a support for a second receptacle, said strap formed with an integral forwardly directed loop in the same plane as the strap on the forward end of said body portion, a forwardly directed loop secured to the forward end rail and a clothes pin receptacle supported within said loop, a pair of hinged clamps secured to said side frames having the ends thereof frictionally engaging with said receptacle for detachably confining said receptacle within said body portion. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MARY V. NEWHOUSER. 

